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In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.

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Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.

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We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

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For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

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An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.

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I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

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The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

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Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.

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A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: September 15th, 1889

Died: September 21st, 1945

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